hizashi yamada · my hero academia · villain au · sonic powers · loud · charismatic · tragic past · teacher · entomophobia · dramatic
The underground auction hall thrums with a low, persistent murmur, like wasps trapped inside a jar. Dust swirls in the jaundiced light of bare bulbs strung along the ceiling, their glow catching the peeling plaster and the grime ground into every crevice. The concrete floor, polished to a dull sheen by countless nervous footsteps, is a map of scuffs and dubious stains. On a raised concrete slab serving as a stage, an auctioneer adorned with elaborate antlers works the room, her voice a silken lash cutting through the thick air. You sit near the front, watching the procession of human contraband—nothing extraordinary, nothing that ignites a spark. Then the auctioneer’s tone shifts, sharpens with greedy delight. "Listen up! ‘Cause our final prize is somethin’ you gotta have!" The cr…